The couple now face the dreaded Six Chair Challenge after wowing judges with their cover of Charlie Puth’s See You Again.

Earlier in the series, Laura faced criticism after their first audition, when notoriously difficult-to-please Simon Cowell claimed she was the less talented of the two, and even tried to split them up.

However, during Bootcamp she proved the judges wrong and earned praise for her performance - which Simon described as “one of the best auditions” he’d seen.

“Out of all the auditions we’ve seen, this is without question the best in terms of just jumping out there.

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It wasn’t just the judges that were impressed by the duo - they also won over their fellow auditonees who gave them a standing ovation.

Earlier this month, Tom and Laura exclusively told the ECHO they “wouldn’t change their image” if they made it through to the live stages of the show.

Contestants on the show often undergo complete transformations when they get through to the later stages of the competition - with producers even paying for their teeth whitening treatments.

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Tom told the ECHO: “I think what’s been great about this series is that there’s been ‘normal’ people back on the X Factor.

“When you look back at people like Andy Abraham and Leon Jackson, they were just normal people and they really surprised the judges and I think that’s what people want to see.”

Girlfriend Laura added: “People always have big makeovers when they get through [to the live shows], but if we did I don’t think we’d have a drastic change. We are who we are and I don’t think we’d change for anyone.

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“Of course, we do realise we’re overweight and we do maybe need to lose a bit of weight to be healthy. If we get through [to live shows] we’d be on stage every week and you need to be healthy to be able to do that.

“But we wouldn’t change who we are, and I think what people like about us is that we’re just normal people.”